In Season 6 of Below Deck, no one got to know Ashton Pienaar quite like Laura Betancourt. The yachties quickly struck up a romance after Laura joined the M/Y Seanna crew while the charter season was already in progress and even disembarked the yacht together when the season came to an end.
Ashton and Laura did spend some time together in Tahiti, along with some members of the Below Deck crew, after the charter season ended.
However, Laura revealed during an interview exclusively for Bravo Insider members that neither she nor Ashton were really hoping to pursue a relationship at that time. "I’m extremely independent, and I wouldn’t and didn’t plan on getting into a relationship with Ashton at any time.